World View Enterprises looking to popularize use of stratospheric balloons

(Phys.org)--World View Enterprises bills itself on its website as a "full-service commercial launch provider"--it offers to take various types of equipment up to the edge of space using a balloon for a short amount of time for less money than NASA charges. The newly burgeoning field of balloon science is the topic of a Feature piece by journalist Adam Mann for the journal Science--he takes a closer look at the work done by the team at World View and others who are looking to expand the field.